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Re: I started a paper website business

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Post by criddell »

swlkr wrote: post #26

This is really cool. The idea to separate the writing part from the computer entirely (not just the internet) is genius. Also, GPT3 helps out a bit there too.

The OCR coupled with GPT3 worked much better than I would have guessed it would. I wonder how much of that is on the device and how much is in the cloud?

Re: I started a paper website business

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Post by QuarterReptile »

gambiting wrote: post #24
abadger9 wrote: post #6

I've done some OCR side projects during hackathon weeks over the years (with google tesseract). This is a neat idea, I can only imagine the difficulty with which transcribing the variety of terrible handwriting will cause frustration and an eventual flood of refunds.

Yeaaaah, his handwriting is actual certified art compared to mine . I can't get anything to recognize my handwriting reliably, including the text recognition built into iOS with Pencil - it's just useless.

To second what the other commenter said to you: I have seen someone with terrible handwriting fix it. He decided he cared, found pens and notebooks he really liked, and started using them attentively. People treat pens like they're all the same, but the drying time, line thickness, weight, drag across the paper, etc. all vary enormously, and if you care, you can probably find the right tool and get your handwriting to a point where you're happy with it.

Re: I started a paper website business

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Post by marci »

ushakov wrote: post #35
benmmurphy wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If your turnover is low enough you don’t need to be VAT registered in the UK. Also, in the UK you can be VAT registered and be a sole trader.

do you think as a foreign citizen i'd be able to setup a UK Limited? i'm familiar with Companies House though

Are you in the EU or the UK?

Re: I started a paper website business

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Post by jaypeg25 »

dash2 wrote: post #9

Three above this story on the front page is an article called "The Web Is Fucked", complaining about how there's no character on the web any more, and lamenting the 90s, Geocities etc. etc. I'd say this story refutes that one.

I wish Stumble Upon still existed just so I could find the weird corners of the web again. This site and Reddit sort of fill that but also don't quite fit it at all.

Re: I started a paper website business

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Post by globalise83 »

criddell wrote: post #37
gambiting wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeaaaah, his handwriting is actual certified art compared to mine . I can't get anything to recognize my handwriting reliably, including the text recognition built into iOS with Pencil - it's just useless.

You can change that. After I started using a Palm Pilot, my handwriting improved significantly and the changes seem to have been permanent. I get basically 100% accuracy with the Apple Pencil in iOS.

There is a delicious irony in the fact that you are training yourself using a reinforcement learning approach to meet the needs of an imperfect machine learning application.

Re: I started a paper website business

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Post by jsmith99 »

deegles wrote: post #10
abadger9 wrote: post #6

I've done some OCR side projects during hackathon weeks over the years (with google tesseract). This is a neat idea, I can only imagine the difficulty with which transcribing the variety of terrible handwriting will cause frustration and an eventual flood of refunds.

He really glosses over how he uses GPT-3 to correct the text...

From the screenshot I suspect the real secret is that it gives the user a chance to correct errors after scanning.

Re: I started a paper website business

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Post by martneumann »

I could see a good use case for those planning/kanban/mind mapping meetings where you plaster a whiteboard with notes and drawings. Scanning or photographing that isn't so nice. Formatting it into a pleasant, readable wesbite would be pretty cool.

Re: I started a paper website business

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Post by fesoliveira »

edoceo wrote: post #38
Fiahil wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have the same issue with my remarkable 2 : My handwriting is not OCR-able

Practice! I found a guide for writing letter like architect, helped me a bunch, after like 30 days of learning new letter shapes

Could you post a link to this guide? My handwriting while not horrible could use some improvement, and is not helped by the fact that I am left handed.
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